Start a Core Pod

  Chapter 22 Returning to the City

   It wasn't too much trouble to deal with the man himself. When the opponent showed the blood bar, Duanmu Huai immediately led Augis to charge forward and killed him easily. Then, they returned to the real world.

  But looking at the system prompt in front of him at this moment, Duanmuhuai's mood is not very good.

  【The mission "Angry Soul" is completed】

  【Task evaluation: Barely pass】

  【Although you are not his first choice, but the fighting power you showed barely got his approval】

  【Trigger the follow-up task "Sleeping Girl"】

  【Soul Card +5】

  I can QNMD... Duanmu Huai really wanted to swear. Although he did say that he failed two consecutive dungeons, the system evaluation would not be high, but what the **** is this strong tone of disgust?

  Besides, you still despise me for being such a jerk?

  It wasn't until the very end that Duanmuhuai figured out what this man wanted to do. To put it bluntly, he was tortured by both the guilt of being a father and the pride of being a scholar. He was in so much pain that he asked for relief. It just so happened that Duanmuhuai came, so this **** put down the burden and went to that world to sleep with his daughter forever. As for the trouble he left behind, I left it to myself!

  Who the **** is this? You went to pursue peace of mind by yourself, and you left the trouble to me and ran away? It's really a corruption of moral values... Duanmuhuai now only hates himself for not smashing that man's head into pieces when he was cleaning up the boss just now.

There is also the name of the mission "Angry Soul", which misled Duanmuhuai, making him think that the purple-haired girl was angry because her father was killed, but in fact, this "Angry Soul" refers to the man who was angry with her father. The anger of his own distorted and cowardly will—to put it bluntly, he was furious at himself for his incompetence?

  Fuck me, I really should have crushed you to death just now... No, it seems that I really crushed you to death.

   Forget it, it’s useless to talk to the dead.

   Duanmu Huai silently crossed out the task, and then looked at the soul card in his hand.

  This time, because of the low task evaluation, there are only five guarantee cards.

  【Ghost Mansion (Bronze)】

  【Consumption: 1】

  【Whenever one of your servants (except Wraith) is destroyed, summon a Wraith to the battlefield】

  【Ghost (Bronze)】

  【Consumption: 2】

  【Attack: 2】

  【Defense: 2】

  【Must Kill】

  【Undying Resentment (Bronze)】

  【Consumption: 2】

  【Give 3 damage to an enemy target】

  【Necronomy (2): Change from 3 points of damage to 5 points】

  【Death Shortcut (Bronze)】

  【Consumption: 2】

  【Give yourself a follower (kill) effect】

  【Anse Joe (??)】

  【Consumption: 3】

  【Attack: 2】

  【Defense: 2】

  【Sealed (unusable)】

  Five guarantee cards, the last one is still useless, okay, no surprises, no surprises.

   Necromancer cards have a special element, which is (necromancy) design. It has a lot of special effects, and it needs enough dead cards in the graveyard to activate. For example, the [Undying Grudge] card means that when there are two death cards in the cemetery, necromancy can be activated to increase the damage from the original 3 points to 5 points.

  Of course, after necromancy is activated, the corresponding number in the graveyard will be -2.

  The dead cards in the cemetery are naturally from the cards destroyed in the battle.

Fortunately, Duanmuhuai has no shortage of dead cards at present. After all, he can summon dolls without limit, and each destroyed doll is equal to +1 in the graveyard. Right now, there are at least a hundred dead cards in Duanmuhuai's cemetery , there is almost no place to use more. But now it’s all right, with the Necromancer cards in hand, Duanmuhuai can realize a positive cycle - use dolls to pile up graves, and then use [Undying Grudge] to kill the enemy, if he can get more in the later stage What a powerful necromancer card, the puppet with the tomb will only be stronger!

   Not only that, but Duanmuhuai's biggest gain this time is the bronze card [Shortcut to Death].

  The reason is very simple, it will give its followers a kill effect!

   Must kill!

  Necromancer's certain kill is a regular killing curse. Unless the opponent has a similar (not affected by special effects) special ability that can only be knocked down by the front, it is basically equivalent to death.

This also means that if Duanmu Huai encounters a high-level demon like a bloodthirsty maniac again, he doesn't even need to take the risk of dispatching Aojis, but summons a puppet at random, and then uses the [Death Shortcut] to grant it Kill effect, and then let the puppet go up and touch the bloodthirsty maniac, and the latter will die immediately.

   It's just that Duanmu Huai didn't intend to use this card on himself or Augis, because the ultimate effect is a permanent effect, and it won't be eliminated unless it dies. So just to be on the safe side, Duanmu Huai planned to use this card with the doll, so that not only is the price-performance ratio relatively high, but also there is no need to worry about the heat consumption.

   Moreover, with this card, combined with [Ghost] and [Wraith], it is much more convenient to deal with the believers and subordinates of the God of Filth.

  As for the task of [Sleeping Girl], Duanmu Huai has no way to complete it at present. The task requires Duanmu Huai to travel to at least five worlds of necromancer fragments—so far, he has no idea, so he can only take his time.

  Anyway, the attack power of that card is not very high—in fact, after reading the card, Duanmu Huai finally understood why the purple-haired girl was able to fight him back and forth.

  Attack and defense with only 2 points of energy level, it is only at the same level as myself...

  Although it was a core card, Duanmuhuai really didn't see how powerful this card was.

   All in all, leave it alone.

  After obtaining six soul cards, Duanmu Huai left Luoyue Forest and returned to the City of Silver. Although the elf scouts also provided him with several pieces of information, except for Luoyue Forest, Duanmuhuai didn't trigger any missions, so he didn't waste his time—since there were no missions triggered, it was probably just a rumor.

   Returning to the City of Silver, it still feels desolate. There are almost no pedestrians on the street, only soldiers guarding the city wall. It was not surprising that the city gate that had been smashed was repaired with great difficulty. After all, before Duanmuhuai left, he had heard from the elf scouts that most of the residents here were panicked because of the attacks of the Ratman and the followers of the evil god. They fled the city one after another.

  After greeting the guards of the castle, Duanmuhuai entered the castle.

However, to Duanmuhuai's surprise, when he came to the castle hall, what he saw was not Alisa and her mother, nor the Cador Knight Captain, but the one who led the reinforcements here... ...what's that guy's name?

   Forget it, no matter what his name is, at this moment this guy is sitting in the lord's seat in a big way, looking at Duanmuhuai in his spare time.

   "Ah, I am surprised, Mr. Black Knight, I didn't expect you to come back."

   "I just came to see Alisa, where is she?"

  Duanmu Huai glanced around, and asked in a low voice, and upon hearing his inquiry, that guy showed a smug smile.

   "Ah, please rest assured that Miss Alisa and her mother are safe... On the contrary, you... Maybe you should consider your own situation."

  While speaking, the man snapped his fingers. The next moment, a large group of heavily armed and violent believers rushed out, holding bows, crossbows, long swords and shields, and surrounded Duanmu Huai.

"What does it mean?"

   Duanmuhuai glanced around and asked in a cold voice, while the man smiled slightly.

   "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that I reached an agreement with some people, hoping to keep you... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

  However, before the man finished speaking, Duanmuhuai suddenly threw out the hammer in his hand, breaking his legs with a "boom".

   "Attack, attack!"

   Seeing the man being attacked, someone shouted soon, and the tyrannical believer raised his crossbow and aimed at Duanmuhuai's helmet—but the next moment, the scene in front of the soldier's eyes suddenly split in two, splitting diagonally. Immediately afterwards, the fully armed soldiers in the hall, holding swords and shields, all turned into scattered pieces of flesh and blood, scattered all over the ground, as if cut by an invisible blade.

  Until then, Augis lowered her hands, and the brilliance of the puppet's silk thread on the fingertips flashed past.

  Duanmuhuai didn't care about these boring trifles, he just strode forward, towards the usurper lord.

   "How dare you trade with the evil gods, betray the order, and become a lackey of chaos!"

   "You, don't come here!"

  Seeing the tall, black armored warrior walking towards him, the man whose legs were broken was also pale at the moment. He tried desperately to struggle, but he couldn't even move.

   "I am the lord appointed by the emperor himself. If you kill me, it is tantamount to making an enemy of the empire... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"

  However, before the man finished speaking, Duanmu Huai had already stepped on his palm, directly crushing the man's right hand into pieces of flesh.

"so what?"

   "...you...doing this is against His Majesty the Emperor..."

  Hearing this, Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand, picked up the hammer that broke the man's legs, and then raised it high.

   "Anyone who betrays the order and seeks refuge in Chaos will die. Whether it is an emperor or a king, the lackeys of Chaos must be eliminated!"

  As he spoke, Duanmu Huai smashed down with all his might!

"boom!!"

  Blood mixed with brains, splashed on the wall, the man's body jumped up like a fish, and then collapsed heavily on the ground, no longer responding.

"snort."

   Duanmuhuai retracted the war hammer, without even looking at the idiot's body.

   I really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. It seems that reality is really not a game...

   "Oh, I didn't expect you to be so fast... I thought I could make it in time."

   While Duanmuhuai was thinking, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him. Duanmuhuai turned his head and saw that the elf scout was supporting Kado, who was covered in injuries, and waved to himself. Behind her were Alisa and her mother who were still in shock.

   "But it's okay, it doesn't look like I'm slow, does it?"

  (end of this chapter)